Fortify Enchanting : V

» Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:24 am

My Character's Enchanting skill is 100. No perks.

I can Enchant (for example) Fortify Archery to 16% with a Grand Soul Gem. If I use a fortify enchanting potion of 25% magnitude Fortify Archery goes up to 18%.

25% of 16 is 4. So it should be Fortify Archery 20%, no? What am I missing?

» Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:51 am

lol, not sure

» Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:46 am

My guess is that the 25% is applied to the base amount rather then the total %. What I mean by that is that will 100 enchanting skill and no perks the magnitude of potions are double that of their base. So if the potion is @ 16% with 100 skill level, then 8% is the base amount. 25% of 8% is a 2% increase.

Just my guess. If my memory serves me correctly, when I started enchanting at beginning levels, the highest i could fortify a skill with a grand soul was 8%.

» Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:32 am

My guess is that the 25% is applied to the base amount rather then the total %. What I mean by that is that will 100 enchanting skill and no perks the magnitude of potions are double that of their base. So if the potion is @ 16% with 100 skill level, then 8% is the base amount. 25% of 8% is a 2% increase.

Just my guess. If my memory serves me correctly, when I started enchanting at beginning levels, the highest i could fortify a skill with a grand soul was 8%.

I believe you are right, Sir.

Edit: Thanks, BTW.

» Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:26 am

My guess is that the 25% is applied to the base amount rather then the total %. What I mean by that is that will 100 enchanting skill and no perks the magnitude of potions are double that of their base. So if the potion is @ 16% with 100 skill level, then 8% is the base amount. 25% of 8% is a 2% increase.

Just my guess. If my memory serves me correctly, when I started enchanting at beginning levels, the highest i could fortify a skill with a grand soul was 8%.

Yeh I think this is how it works.